Family Therapy as an Alternative to Medication : An Appraisal of Pharmland Paperback / softback
Edited by Phoebe S (Freeport Counseling Center, Maine, USA) Prosky, David (SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York, USA) Keith
Paperback / softback
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Family Therapy as an Alternative to Medication critically and passionately explores the concepts and practices that constitute the interface between family systems based psychotherapy and modern biological psychiatry.
This diverse collection of essays, eight by psychiatrists, is neither for nor against medication, but takes a skeptical view of the unquestioned dominance that medication-based treatments have achieved among mental health practitioners.
Its viewpoint is that therapeutic attention to context and relationships, regularly diminished when medications are prescribed, interferes with the development of psychiatric disorders, adds to maturity, and expands consciousness.
Clinical examples, by both practitioners and patients, are used to define potential problems that arise from trying to combine a medical model with family systems work and also illustrate the decision-making processes and methods for applying family systems based therapies.
This book will stimulate thoughtful conversation among students and practitioners of all mental health disciplines.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:07/05/2015
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- ISBN:9780415860932
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:07/05/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415860932